class OptionParser::Switch::PlacedArgument

Switch that takes an argument, which does not begin with ‘-’ or is ‘-’.

Public Instance Methods

Source

# File lib/optparse.rb, line 790
def parse(arg, argv, &error)
  if !(val = arg) and (argv.empty? or /\A-./ =~ (val = argv[0]))
    return nil, block
  end
  opt = (val = parse_arg(val, &error))[1]
  val = conv_arg(*val)
  if opt and !arg
    argv.shift
  else
    omitted_argument val
    val[0] = nil
  end
  val
end

Returns nil if argument is not present or begins with ‘-’ and is not ‘-’.